Back to school for CUSD

Marian Dornan teaches first grade at Moulton Elementary School in Laguna Niguel. Dornan was assigned a new room at the school and was waiting for her husband to meet her to set up desks on Aug. 29.DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER

As students and parents finalize their back-to-school preparations, the 2013-14 school year has already begun for Capistrano Unified teachers who have spent the last weeks of summer break organizing their classrooms.

Marian Dornan teaches first grade at Moulton Elementary School in Laguna Niguel. Dornan was assigned a new room at the school and was waiting for her husband to meet her to set up desks on Aug. 29. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Third grade teacher Kelley Bento, of Laguna Hills, stands alongside a stack of chairs she will soon be arranging in her class at Canyon Vista Elementary. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Deanne Mayemura, of Laguna Hills, will be teaching third grade this year at Canyon Vista Elementary. Last week, Mayemura had her daughters, Mikaela, 8, and Rylee, 7, with her as she prepared her classroom for the first day of school. In the photo Mayemura takes time out to speak with kindergarten teacher Lori Walker about what they did over the summer. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
The fourth grade classroom of Heidi Neeve was just about all laid out and ready for the arrival of students on the first day of school at Moulton Elementary School. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Deanne Mayemura had her daughters, Mikaela, 8, and Rylee, 7, with her as she prepared her classroom for the first day of school. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Third grade teacher Amy Zeppa puts out work folders in anticipation of students arrival for the beginning of school. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Mikaela Mayemura, 8, helps her mom prepare her classroom prior to the start of the new school year. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Moulton Elementary Attendance Clerk Karen Baker, of Laguna Niguel, along with Office Manager Susie Stucky, of Laguna Niguel, work through student registration cards as they put together classes for the 2013/14 school year. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Capistrano Unified Superintendent Joseph M. Farley. LEONARD ORTIZ, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
School supplies and materials, including these California Science books, filled hallways, counters and classrooms as teachers at Canyon Vista Elementary prepared the school for the first day of class on Sept. 9. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
The bulletin board at Moulton Elementary School is posted with student registration information as a vacation decoration for the end of last year sits out alongside the notice. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Kelly Bento will teach third grade this year in room 16. Bento came to school a week early to arrange desks and set out chairs and materials in anticipation of the first day of school. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Pencils sit out in a jar at Moulton Elementary School in Laguna Niguel as teachers worked in classrooms in the anticipation of students arrival for the new school year. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Third grade teacher Kelley Bento arranges desks in her classroom at Canyon Vista Elementary. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
A work folder placed in third grade teacher Amy Zeppa's classroom as she prepares for the arrival of students at Moulton Elementary School. Jackson Zeppa, 3, came to school with his mom as she worked in her room. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Canyon Vista Elementary Kindergarten teacher Lori Walker, of Aliso Viejo, holds up an apple in her classroom. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
The Moulton Elementary School computer lab is set up and ready to go for the arrival of students and the first day of school. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Canyon Vista Elementary Kindergarten teacher Lori Walker, of Aliso Viejo, holds up an apple in her classroom. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
A Capistrano Unified School District groundskeeper mows the grass at Moulton Elementary School in anticipation of the first day of school. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
The complete Common Core sits ready to go in Canyon Vista Elementary Kindergarten teacher Lori Walker's classroom. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
A "To Do" list set out on the desk of fourth grade teacher Heidi Neeve. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
It's already September in Jill Snyderman's class at Canyon Vista Elementary. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
A Capistrano Unified School District groundskeeper mows the grass at Moulton Elementary School in anticipation of the first day of school. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER

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